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Land Matters II

Results from the Preliminary Impact Study of the ILGU Project’s work in Central Uganda

Reports & Research
April, 2021
Africa, Eastern Africa, Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
Land Conflicts
land administration
land documentation
land records
land register
cadastral register
cadastral administration
land titling
gender equity in access to land
food security
communal territory
land investments
land conflicts
land tenure
community land rights
customary tenure
tenure security
perception of tenure security
Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU) is a project implemented by the German International Cooperation (GIZ), seeking to increase productivity of small-scale farmers on private Mailo land in Central Uganda, co-financed by the European Union and German Government through the German Federal Ministry for
Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
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Persistence and Change in Customary Tenure Systems in Myanmar

Reports & Research
January, 2021
Myanmar
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
land law
land policies
customary law
forestry
agroforestry systems
agriculture
conflicts
migration
customary land rights
customary tenure
Indigenous Peoples
Based on a broad review of the existing documentation, the study describes the diversity of customary tenure systems in various regions of Myanmar; it looks at what they have in common and how they differ. It investigates the processes that affect or weaken the community jurisdiction over their lands and resources. It is intended as a resource for policymakers who are looking at recognizing and protecting the customary rights of rural communities.
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Conflicts Over Land and Threats to Customary Tenure in Africa Today

Reports & Research
March, 2017
Central African Republic, Norway
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
conflicts
customary tenure
land
Issues swirling around land across Africa have never been so central to key social and political-economic dynamics as they are at the present time. The first part of the paper briefly reviews the construction of customary tenure and the historical phases of administrative interventions into land tenure, and considers their heritage in contemporary situations.
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Land Ownership and the Journey to Self-Determination

Sri Lanka Country Paper

Reports & Research
December, 2016
Sri Lanka
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land administration
land titling
development
post-conflict settings
land policies
land investments
land conflicts
land tenure
customary tenure
This paper is an abridged version of an earlier scoping study entitled Sri Lanka Country Report: Land Watch Asia Study prepared in 2010 by the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement through the support of the International Land Coalition (ILC). It is also written as a contribution to the Land Watch Asia (LWA) campaign to ensure that access to land, agrarian reform and sustainable development for the rural poor are addressed in development.
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Women’s Land Rights in Northern Uganda (West Nile, Acholi, Lango, Teso and Karamoja)

Reports & Research
February, 2014
Africa
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
land conflicts
land
land management
customary tenure
statutory tenure
property
land rights
land law
property rights
women
Key findings: Customary tenure remains strong with only 1.2% of plots held under statutory tenure. Over 86% of women reported they have access to land under customary tenure and c.63% of women reported they “own” land under customary tenure. Tenure security is not dependent on formal documentation as proof of ownership. Men play a dominant role in land management. General knowledge of statutory and customary land law and management systems is poor. c.50% of the population have experienced land conflicts, 72% are within household, family or clan.
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Post Conflict Land Policy and Administration: Lessons from Return and Resettlement of IDPs in Soroti District: Implications for PRDP, National Land Policy, Land Act CAP 227 and NPIDPs 2005

Reports & Research
January, 2007
Africa
Land Conflicts
land conflicts
land
land rent
customary tenure
land administration
displacement
property
compensation
common property
trust
A second report for the World Bank’s Northern Uganda Recovery and Development Program – RDP. The objective is to inform policy processes on post-conflict land policy and administration on likely types of land conflicts and claims, their resolution, gaps in current land policy, resources needed. Survey suggests that Teso’s IDP displacement patterns are unique. Customary tenure has been transformed, with household heads now owners, not trustees, of rights in land, so clans are merely informed of sales. Common property resources are at greatest risk.
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Land Rights: where we are and where we need to go

Reports & Research
September, 2005
Africa
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
land
customary tenure
land dispute
land rights
land titling
landlessness
women
Review of the situation of land rights in Apac District and of opportunities for land rights protection work. Examines the 1998 Land Act and its implementation in practice. Finds that the protection clauses for women are proving ineffective. Also looks at the major threats and barriers to land rights and suggests ways forward. Among many other pertinent questions, asks why the Ugandan Government has shown so little interest in customary tenure and why it pursues land titling to the extent it does.
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Capital Creation, Transfer or Reversal: Assessing the Outcomes of Systematic Demarcation of Customary Tenure in Uganda

Reports & Research
April, 2005
Uganda, Africa
Land Conflicts
Land & Gender
land
customary tenure
land dispute
land rights
poverty
women
Background – renewed impetus for systematic demarcation – policy, legislative and operational frameworks. Systematic demarcation and poverty reduction – theoretical and conceptual frameworks, methodology. Outcomes of systematic demarcation – the demarcation process, transformations in land rights, including for children and women, asset enhancement, access to capital, farm investment and production, the land market, land disputes, area land committee operations, local parcel registration data bank. Conclusions and recommendations.
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Land or Else

Land-Based Conflict, Vulnerability, and Disintegration in Northern Uganda

Reports & Research
October, 2010
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Investments
Land Conflicts
common property
customary land rights
customary tenure
displacement
indigenous peoples' land rights
land
land administration
land governance
Northern Uganda is the scene of one of the world’s most volatile and spontaneous processes of reintegration. There are approximately 1.1 to 1.4 million people in the Acholi sub-region at the time of writing3 ; 295,000 internally-displaced persons (IDPs) remain displaced either in IDP camps or transit sites. Approximately 800,000 Acholis have already left the camps and spontaneously returned home over the last three years.
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RESOLVING LAND DISPUTES IN POST-CONFLICT NORTHERN UGANDA

THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND LOCAL COUNCIL COURTS

Reports & Research
January, 2011
Uganda
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land Conflicts
common property
communal ownership
customary land rights
customary law
customary tenure
displacement
informal settlements
land administration
land policies
property rights
Post-conflict northern Uganda has witnessed an increase in disputes over land. This has, to a great extent, been as a result of the armed conflict and its aftermath. Beyond that, other chaotic factors embedded in various social, legal, economic, and political aspects of this society have influenced the nature, gravity, and dynamics of these disputes and the way in which Traditional Institutions and the Local Council Courts have attempted to resolve them.